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Wading through hot water?
The `cooling water' discharge from the North Chennai Thermal Power Station in Vallur, which is let into the Buckingham Canal, is too hot for the marine fauna to survive and this has affected the livelihood of the fishermen in the area. GOUTAM GHOSH visits the plant and writes...
Fashion
Sparkling solitaires
DAZZLING DIAMONDS were in the spotlight at the diamond and fashion show organised by the Diamond Trading Corporation (formerly known as DeBeers) at the Rotary District Conference. The blindingly bright solitaires were part of the new line from ...


Showcasing style
The APN Square Collection from Kolkata comprising a range of Indo-western bootleg pants and tops, short kurtas, salwar kameez sets and saris will be on show at By the Vine, Adyar, from today.
Cinema
New number one
IT IS now clear that among the Pongal releases "Dhool" is the clear winner by a mile. The film has taken a dream opening doing almost 100 per cent in the first week in theatres in Tamil Nadu, something that was last done by "Padayappa" in 1999. ...
Risky business
IT IS the most daring business decision taken by 20th Century Fox to release its superhero action movie "Daredevil" starring Ben Affleck on February 14, traditionally off-season in the U.S. Will family audience buy tickets for a super action ...
Looking for a new messiah
LAST WEEK'S battle royale between Bipasha Basu's "Jism" and Aishwarya Rai's "Dil Ka Rishta" turned out to be a damp squib at the box office as both the films bombed. The channels had billed it as the clash of the bold and the beautiful, but the ...
Meera turns arty
MEERA JASMINE is being torn to bits by the Tamil press for charging the moon and they claim that the "Run" success has gone into her head. But she is hot and happening and is doing Vijay's latest film "Geetai" where she plays a modern girl pitted ...
Sport
A new feather in MRF's cap
MRF has recently bagged the FICCI award for excellence in sports promotion. K. M. Vinoo Mammen, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the industrial establishment, speaks about what it took to get this recognition.
Teeming with talent
Sathvachery, a hamlet on the outskirts of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, has produced many a weightlifter such as Tamil Selvan, Thangamani and Devan.
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